Class+Assignments

Rosenberg Text :: Read "Introduction" and "Preface" Rosenberg Text :: Read "Osiris, Isis, and Horus" Answer Questions for "Osiris, Isis, and Horus" found on the Wiki :: Reading Assignments Review the Monomyth assignment for January 19 and bring questions re: this to class.
 * Due Thursday January 13**

Read Wiki :: Monomyth Complete the Monomyth assignment.
 * Due Tuesday January 18**

Read Armstrong Chapter One and write a summary Visit the Karen Armstrong page on this wiki and either watch or listen to one of her presentations/interviews.
 * Due Thursday January 20**

Rosenberg Text :: Read "Enuma Elish" Answer Questions for "Enuma Elish" found on the Wiki :: Reading Assignments Read Hell Hath No Fury
 * Due Tuesday January 25**

Read Armstrong Chapter Two and write a summary and connection/response/question
 * Due Thursday January 27**

Rosenberg Text :: Read "Titans and Gods" Answer Questions for "Titans and Gods" found on the Wiki :: Reading Assignments Watch a video and take notes to turn in at the end in-class. We'll discuss the video next Tuesday.
 * Due Tuesday February 1**

= **Due Thursday February 3** = No Class (Thank you Ellie and Andrea and the huge snow storm!)

Rosenberg Text :: Read "The Creation" (p 595) Answer Questions for "The Creation" found on the Wiki :: Reading Assignments
 * Due Tuesday February 8**

Rosenberg Text :: Read "Ages of the World" (p 369) Answer Questions for "Ages of the World" found on the Wiki :: Reading Assignments
 * Due Thursday February 10**

Rosenberg Text :: Read "The Origin of Life and Fire" (p 515) Print / Read / Annotate / Bring to class - Doyle's :: [|Creation Myths].
 * Due Tuesday February 15**
 * There are no questions to answer for this myth, but it will be used for an in-class activity along with Doyle's essay, so come prepared!

Read Armstrong Chapter Three and write a summary and connection/response/question
 * Due Thursday February 17**

Print out this pdf and bring it to class:
 * Due Tuesday February 22**

Rosenberg Text :: Read "The Labors and Death of Heracles" Answer Questions for "The Labors and Death of Heracles" found on the Wiki :: Reading Assignments If you have any old magazines laying around that you'd be willing to bring in to cut up, please do so.
 * Due Thursday February 24**

Rosenberg Text :: Read "Maui Tames the Sun" and "Chi Li Slays the Serpent" Answer Questions for "Maui Tames the Sun" and "Chi Li Slays the Serpent" found on the Wiki :: Reading Assignments
 * Due Tuesday March 1**

Read Armstrong Chapter Four and write a summary and connection/response/question
 * Due Thursday March 3**

(I suggest you use any extra time you have here to read the Ramayana, since it is an epic.)
 * March 7 - 12 Spring Break - No Classes**

Joseph Campbell Video
 * Due Tuesday March 15**

Lecture on India.
 * Due Thursday March 17**

Rosenberg Text :: Read "The Ramayana" Select three questions of your choice to answer from the list following the story in Rosenberg.
 * Due Tuesday March 22**

Continue with Ramayana
 * Due Thursday March 24**

Assign South East Asia research Read the Ramayana.pdf below. There are 17 pages total - the first part is only three pages of a chapter, so it may seem like pages are missing. ("Assumptions and Goals of this Volume" is where you can stop reading, then go on to the remaining pages.)
 * Due Tuesday March 29**

Group meetings for Southeast Asia Research
 * Due Thursday March 31**

South East Asia Presentation (There is NO make-up for missing this day. No foolin'.)
 * Due Tuesday April 5**

South East Asia Presentation (if needed) Finish Ramayana and SEAsia.
 * Due Thursday April 7**

Read Armstrong Chapter Five and write a summary and connection/response/question
 * Due Tuesday April 12**

Rosenberg Text :: Read "Demeter and Persephone" Answer Questions for "Demeter and Persephone" found on the Wiki :: Reading Assignments
 * Due Thursday April 14**

Read Armstrong Chapter Six and write a summary and connection/response/question Rosenberg Text :: Read "Raven and the Sources of Light" Answer Questions for "Raven and the Sources of Light" found on the Wiki :: Reading Assignments
 * Due Tuesday April 19**

Rosenberg Text :: Read "The Ages of Man" (90); "The Creation, Death, and Rebirth of the Universe (291); "The Creation, Death, and Rebirth of the Universe" (459) Write a comparison contrast analysis of these three myths. You may do so in essay form or table form. Essays must be typed; tables may be legibly handwritten or typed.
 * Due Thursday April 21**

Read Armstrong Chapter Seven and write summary of this final chapter. You may choose to select a specific element in this chapter and write a connection/response, or you may choose at this point, after writing your summary of Chapter 7, to write and overall response to the book as a whole. This is not a "critique" of Armstrong's work, but rather a way to show that you are able to see the relationship of the book to the class and the connections you may have made while reading it to mythology as we have been studying it in class. This is more "reflective" than "connective." Of course, you can choose to do all of these if you'd like!
 * Due Tuesday April 26**

I will reserve this day for individual conferences. If you have questions/concerns regarding your performance in the class or have any final assignments which you and I have agreed could be turned in on this day, I will be available by appointment. Please e-mail me or talk with me before or after class to schedule a specific time. Thank you!
 * Due Thursday April 28**